The red-robed man had dared to block Ling Xiao because he believed he could defeat him.
But now it was clear that this was nothing but his delusion. Ling Xiao’s power far exceeded his expectations.
Surviving with his life intact was already great fortune. He would never dare demand that Ling Xiao leave Ji Mengmeng behind now.
It was a joke. That would be gambling with his own life.
“Did you think you escaped?”
Ling Xiao’s icy voice rang in his ear.
“The destruction sword carries the most terrifying destruction sword intent. It is enough to annihilate everything! Once wounded by the destruction sword, there is no possibility of survival.”
The red-robed man was about to speak when he suddenly felt a sharp pain inside his body.
The wound on his chest widened again. This time it pierced straight through his body and destroyed his Cave Heaven.
“No! I hate this so much!”
Until his dying moment, the red-robed man could not understand why he had to die so miserably and so cleanly just for attacking a young man who looked not even twenty years old.
“I told you, whoever I want to take away, I will take away. Anyone who dares to stop me will die!”
Ling Xiao’s voice carried ice-cold killing intent. Everyone who heard it could not help but shiver.
Fifth Cave Heaven realm martial artist, red-robed man, dead!
Everything happened so simply and so quickly.
In just a short time, the number of Cave Heaven realm powerhouses who had died at Ling Xiao’s hands had already reached three.
If you added the few useless guards of Ji Mengmeng, then at least seven or eight Cave Heaven realm martial artists had been killed by him.
“Now, does anyone still want her to stay?”
Ling Xiao coldly looked at the remaining people. A faint cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he asked calmly.
No one spoke.
Ling Xiao’s strength had already proven to everyone that he had the ability to take anyone away from here.
From the horizon came sudden bursts of whistling sounds.
Ling Xiao frowned. He had not expected that the slight delay caused by the red-robed man would make him too late.
Leaving now would probably not be easy.
“Oh no, people from the Immortal Island Ji family have arrived. Run quickly!”
Many people here had taken part in the earlier slaughter of Ji family experts.
Although they had killed with great excitement out of greed just moments ago, once they calmed down, fear set in.
That was the Immortal Island Ji family. If they were really caught, death was certain.
Even those who had not acted would be killed.
The five immortal islands all followed the same principle: better to kill ten thousand by mistake than let one challenger go free.
“We cannot escape.”
Ling Xiao sighed. He could sense that powerful martial artists had sealed the surroundings using a movement formation.
Even if he wanted to break the formation, it would take him about a quarter of an hour.
Others would fare even worse.
“Master, please help me break the formation. I will buy some time.”
Ling Xiao said to the Yuan Venerable inside his body.
“Do not worry. First release me using your soul shell so my soul will not scatter.”
The Yuan Venerable replied.
“Alright.”
Ling Xiao had no intention of confronting the Immortal Island Ji family head-on.
After all, this was a monstrous force even stronger than the Divine Phoenix Empire. They would definitely have Yin-Yang realm martial artists in command.
“Ah!”
“Do not kill me!”
“I did not act!”
At that moment, those martial artists who chose to flee were turned into corpses and thrown back one after another.
All the martial artists fell deathly silent.
“You killed people from our Ji family and now you think you can just leave? Do you think that if the tiger does not show its power, you can treat our Immortal Island Ji family like a sick cat?”
As the voice sounded, a young man wearing purple-gold battle armour and with a majestic appearance appeared before everyone.
He stepped on the void, holding a long spear, dressed in full military attire. He looked extraordinarily mighty, like a god of war.
“It is actually him. This is bad.”
Ji Mengmeng stood beside Ling Xiao, but when she saw this person, her face filled with worry.
“Who is he? What is going on?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“The Immortal Island Ji family has three branches. My brother and I belong to the second branch, while this guy is Ji Ying from the main branch!
He is only twenty-five years old, yet he is already at the peak of the fifth Cave Heaven realm. All his armour and weapons are ordinary spiritual artefacts. Even against a sixth Cave Heaven realm martial artist, he would not show any weakness.”
Ji Mengmeng explained, “Moreover, this man always follows the idea that those who obey prosper and those who oppose perish. My brother was secretly harmed precisely because he refused to go along with the main branch’s dirty deeds.”
“I see.”
Ling Xiao nodded. He now somewhat understood that this Ji Ying who had arrived would probably not save Ji Mengmeng. Instead, he might even deliberately harm her.
“Young Master Ying, let this subordinate handle such a small matter. I will definitely settle it beautifully for you.”
At that moment, a large group of martial artists appeared behind Ji Ying. There were probably thousands of them.
Although they were fewer than the martial artists at Black Water Lake, they had many experts.
Especially the martial artist speaking to Ji Ying. He gave Ling Xiao a strong sense of danger.
“Who is that man?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“The vice sect master of the Giant Whale Sect, Nan Sha!”
Ji Mengmeng lowered her voice and said, “Young hero, you should find a chance to leave quickly. You just killed Nan Xiong, who is Nan Sha’s own brother. He will definitely not let you go.”
Ling Xiao thought to himself that he had not only killed Nan Xiong but also the fifth elder of the Giant Whale Sect.
However, even if he wanted to leave now, it would probably not be easy to escape.
How could these people possibly let him go so easily?
The Giant Whale Sect belonged to the Immortal Island Ji family. This was no secret. Otherwise, this sect would not have grown so quickly.
Fortunately, that Nan Jing had not appeared this time. Otherwise, Ling Xiao would truly have no choice but to run. Nan Jing was said to be a Yin-Yang realm martial artist. Although he had only just stepped into the Yin-Yang realm, Ling Xiao still could not deal with him now.
Vice sect master Nan Sha was also very strong, a seventh Cave Heaven realm martial artist. Although Ling Xiao would find it hard to win against him, with the help of Soul Judgement, killing this man was not impossible.
As for Ji Ying, he did not take him seriously at all.
To others, Ji Ying was truly powerful.
But to him, that man was nothing special.
“No need for nonsense. Kill them all.”
Ji Ying said calmly.
“Your subordinate obeys.”
Nan Sha revealed a ferocious grin.
“This is probably not appropriate, is it?”
Ling Xiao suddenly spoke up, “There are many people here like me who did not attack Ji family experts. Are you going to kill us all together?”
“Kid, you are not convinced?”
Ji Ying sneered.
“Yes, I am indeed not convinced.”
Ling Xiao said calmly.
“We are not convinced either. We only came here to cultivate. We did not attack anyone from the Ji family. How can you slaughter us all like this? It is unfair.”
Quite a few people echoed Ling Xiao’s words.
“Shut up! You greedy bunch. Even if you did not act, you dared to covet the sacred land of the Immortal Island Ji family. Just for that alone, you all deserve to die!”
Ji Ying sneered coldly, “Today you have only two choices. One is to be killed by us. The other is to take your own lives. Choose.”
